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Ukraine releases footage of drone strike on seasoned Russian general with war crime charges. He lost arm and leg.

While Ukraine filed charges against Abatchev, documenting his participation in combat operations across multiple Luhansk Oblast settlements, Russia awarded him "Hero" titles.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russia’s foreign hit squad eliminated in Kyiv shootout after assassination of SBU colonel

Colonel Ivan Voronych’s killers — a foreign couple under FSB orders — didn’t get far. The assassins resisted arrest and died in a firefight with security operatives.

byYuri Zoria

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Explosion rocks central Luhansk as top collaborator Manolis Pilavov killed (updated)

A powerful blast targeted a high-profile quisling official as he walked past a city street.

byYuri Zoria

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Berdiansk collaborator shot dead after aiding Russian occupiers, HUR says

The quisling official served as “acting mayor” under occupation, and was reportedly responsible for targeting pro-Ukrainian locals.

byYuri Zoria

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Grenade explosion kills Russian commander behind 2022 Mariupol deadly airstrikes

Russian media say former airstrike commander Zaur Gurtsiyev had been serving as Stavropol deputy mayor since September 2024.

byYuri Zoria

Multiple gunmen shot and killed Andrii Portnov, once a senior advisor to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, as he dropped his children at an elite Madrid school on 21 May 2025.

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Ex-Ukrainian official with Russian ties who fled Ukraine shot dead in elite Spain suburb

Andrii Portnov worked for pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych before the Revolution of Dignity in 2014. He was sanctioned by the US for allegedly bribing judicial officials and faced treason investigations in Ukraine.

byVira Kravchuk

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Leading Russian electronic warfare designer killed in Bryansk car explosion

Yevgeny Rytikov, a key figure in Russia’s Krasukha EW systems program, was killed in a Bryansk blast while entering his car with a colleague.

byYuri Zoria

46-year-old Armen Sarkisyan wanted in Ukraine was assassinated in an elite Moscow residential complex.

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Russian battalion chief wanted for Euromaidan killings since 2014 assassinated in Moscow

Armen Sarkisyan was on Interpol's wanted list since 2014 for organizing violence against Euromaidan protesters in Kyiv. He also led the Russian Arbat battalion, recruited mostly from prisons in occupied Donetsk Oblast.

byVira Kravchuk

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Breaking: Moscow assassination eliminates Russian chemical warfare chief wanted by Ukraine

Head of Russia's chemical warfare forces Lt-Gen Kirillov has been killed by a remotely detonated explosive outside his Moscow apartment building this morning.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia’s Kh-69 cruise missile developer shot dead near Moscow

Ukrainian intelligence reportedly eliminated a deputy chief designer who worked on upgrading cruise missiles and implementing AI, per media reports.

byYuri Zoria

US Intel: Putin likely personally ordered poisoning of Ukraine's pro-western president in 2004

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US intel: Putin likely ordered poisoning of Ukraine’s pro-Western president in 2004

A newly declassified report concludes Vladimir Putin probably authorized Russian agents to poison Viktor Yushchenko with highly toxic dioxin.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Russian Black Sea Fleet missile ships commander killed in Sevastopol car bombing, source says

The commander reportedly died after an IED detonated under his vehicle on Taras Shevchenko Street.

byYuri Zoria

russian pilot linked kremenchuk dnipro attacks found dead bryansk oblast hur says bomber dmytry golenkov reportedly killed hammer 21 october 2024

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Russian bomber pilot linked to missile strikes on civilians killed with hammer in Russia

Dmitry Golenkov served as chief of staff of an aviation squadron, and was found dead with head injuries likely "caused by hammer," per HUR.

byYuri Zoria

Russian colonel linked to military intelligence shot dead near Moscow - Ukraine silent

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Russian colonel linked to military intelligence shot dead near Moscow – Ukraine silent

A high-ranking GRU official, the deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces Training Center, was shot at close range in Solnechnogorsk-2, according to Russian media.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Russia’s security chief at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant dies in car blast

Ukrainian intelligence shared video of a car explosion in Russian-occupied Enerhodar, reportedly killing collaborator Andrii Korotkyi, head of "physical security" at Zaporizhzhia NPP.

byYuri Zoria

top Russian drone chief Aleksey Kolomoytsev killed in Russia.

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Resistance movement kills top Russian drone chief in Moscow Oblast

Ukrainian intelligence reportedly coordinated with local resistance to eliminate Colonel Kolomoytsev, head of Russia's drone program, signaling an intensification of covert operations within Russian territory.

byVira Kravchuk

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Man convicted for murder of Kremlin’s critic Nemtsov swaps prison for Ukrainian frontline

Russian authorities released Temirlan Eskerhanov, one of the men sentenced to 14 years in prison for the 2015 assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, and sent him to fight in Ukraine.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russian opposition figure survives Shahed drone attack on Kyiv home

Exiled former Russian State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov, now an opposition figure, was injured in a drone strike on his home near Kyiv. He survived what he claims is the fifth attempt on his life.

byYuri Zoria

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US and Germany reportedly foiled Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO – CNN citing anonymous sources

The assassination plot is linked to the broader Russian strategy to target defense industry executives across Europe who are supporting Ukraine’s war effort.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Exiled Kazakh journalist dies after shooting in Kyiv, exposing global reach of authoritarian regimes

Aidos Sadykov, a Kazakh opposition figure who fled to Ukraine in 2014, died on July 2 after being shot in Kyiv. His murder not only strains Ukraine-Kazakhstan relations but also highlights the increasing vulnerability of political dissidents abroad, even in countries seen as safe havens.

byAlya Shandra